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Welcome to the running channel podcast with me, Sarah Hartley, Rick Kelsey to my left,

Andy Badley to my right. I'm very excited for today's episode. Is that because we're going to uncover a lot of secrets about Andy and just let loose on it? I don't know, but there'll definitely be no surprises. We're just going to have an in-depth chat with one of my very best friends and coached Jermai Olympic career,

Andy Hobdell. I mean, this is creeping up on you a little bit, isn't it? Maybe the calmer police

are going to come and get me? What? Andy went to see Radiohead. Yes, I did.

Oh, my. Is that lost on you generationally? Not a radio head fan. Absolutely, yeah, straight over my head.

But a huge thank you to Hoka for sponsoring this head fan. Absolutely, yeah, straight over my head. But huge thank

you to Hoka for sponsoring this episode. And as Andy said, today we are joined by two Andes, Andy Badley,

currently training for Valencia Marathon. Andy Hobdell, currently coaching Andy Badley to Valencia Marathon. And in

today's episode, we're going to be talking to Andy Hobdell about what

it's like to coach you Andy Badley and we've also got some questions to ask to you guessed it

the two andy's a lot of Andy's today too many Andy's I think your career how did you even know

who was talking well let's see if anyone could one and the same well we've got Rick for the

intro and then we're going to kick him out and get Andy in but should we get stuck in let's see if anyone... They're just one and the same. Well, we've got Rick for the intro, and then we're going to kick him out and get Andy in.

But should we get stuck in? Let's do it. I didn't remember being kicked out before, actually. This might be a first. I think... Do we normally swap me or Sarah out for our guests? But maybe that's because I deserve it. Because last week, we released our video,

which is the 230 marathon with runner, where we went out under the flight path in Heathrow.

You're obsessed with the fact that it's under the flight path. It's a relevant piece of information.

No, it is. It is because it sets the atmosphere.

To be fair, you can't hear it a little bit.

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And we tried to run between You can't, to be fair, you can't hear it a little bit. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

And we tried to run between eight of us, a sub-230 marathon.

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